Former Tampa mortgage broker pleads guilty

Michelle Carducci, a former Tampa mortgage broker, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and making false statements to a federal agency. She was accused of participating in a mortgage fraud scheme starting in 2003, court records show. Carducci was charged with conspiring with a Florida real estate agent and a developer to flip property. The real estate agent recruited buyers for houses that were being flipped by the developer through a series of companies,…